Study Guides

    Columbia Pacific Maritime provides study guides for all of its USCG
    approved courses and for the FCC Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP)
    required for operating inspected vessels.

    All study guides are authored by Dennis Degner and contain the same
    lessons and exercises used in the course workbooks.

    The intent is to provide students with a cost effective source of study
    material to prepare them for a successful class at Columbia Pacific
    Maritime.

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Radar Renewal Study Guide ($35)
    This study guide contains 25 pages covering collision avoidance
    plotting review; includes radar plot sheets.


Unlimited Radar Observer Study Guide ($40)
    This study guide contains 108 pages covering radar theory and
    operation and collision avoidance plotting techniques; radar plot
    sheets are included.

FCC Marine Radio Operator Permit Study Guide ($25)

Master 100 ton Course Study Guide ($40)
    This study guide contains 466 pages covering chart navigation,
    Rules of the Road, Navigation General, and Deck General, Safety,
    Environmental Protections exam subjects; does not include charts
    or navigation publications.

Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel Course Study Guide ($40)
    This study guide contains 390 pages covering chart navigation,
    Rules of the Road, Navigation General, and Deck General, Safety,
    Environmental Protections exam subjects; does not include charts
    or navigation publications.

Block Island Sound Training Chart ($10)  
    For use with study guides containing chart navigation subjects;
    Master 100 ton, OUPV, and Upgrade Master 100 ton to Master 200
    ton. The chart is not required to prepare for the course, but is
    useful for completing many of the chart navigation lessons.

Rules of the Road Course Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 165 pages covering Rules of the Road
    only.

Able Seaman Course Study Guide ($40)
    This study guide contains 374 pages covering Rules of the Road,
    Navigation General, and Deck General, Safety, Environmental
    Protections exam subjects.

Upgrade OUPV to Master 100 tons Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 178 pages covering Deck General, Safety,
    Environmental Protections exam subjects only.

Upgrade Master 100 ton to Master 200 ton Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 96 pages covering Deck General, Safety,
    Environmental Protection and Chart Navigation subjects; does not
    include charts or navigation publications.

Apprentice Mate (Steersman) Upgrade Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 53 pages covering towing terminology,
    towing hazards, and the rules and regulations governing
    uninspected towing vessels.

Master/Mate of Fishing Industry Vessels Upgrade Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 21 pages covering stability calculations
    and the rules and regulations governing uninspected commercial
    fishing industry vessels.

Assistance Towing Endorsement Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 11 pages covering towing terminology
    and assistance towing procedures.

Auxiliary Sail Endorsement Study Guide ($25)
    This study guide contains 13 pages covering sailing terminology and
    principles.

Celestial Navigation (200 tons) Study Guide ($100)
    This study guide contains 99 pages covering the use of the Nautical
    Almanac and Sight Reduction Tables and observations of the sun
    for position fixing and determining the deviation of the magnetic
    compass. Includes copies of PUB 229 and the Nautical Almanac
    required for the USCG exam.
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